A recent Rice University study found that Black and Latino churchgoers often rely on their pastors for mental health care, but their clergy feel limited in being able to help them. About two years ago, when coronavirus cases began to peak in her impoverished San Antonio neighborhood, the Rev. Norma Fuentes-Quintero found herself taking on an additional…
Preston Phillips, who performed back surgery on the gunman last month, was the primary target of the shooting, police said. Two doctors, a receptionist and a former soldier accompanying his wife during a checkup were killed in a mass shooting inside a Tulsa medical building, authorities said Thursday. Police, officials at Saint Francis Health System…
Source: NewsOne Now Screenshot Dr. Umar Johnson is denying the implications behind a viral video that shows the controversial Philadelphia-based psychologist who has been outspoken against interracial relationships appearing friendly with a white woman standing close to him. The brief video, posted to social media on Thursday afternoon, showed Johnson and the unidentified white woman…
OPINION: Donna Brazile writes that the toll of gun violence on Black Americans is especially severe. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. President Joe Biden’s call in his address to the nation Thursday night for modest and common-sense gun safety measures deserves the…
Singer-turned-actor Tyrese Gibson’s daughter Shayla has graduated from middle school and the celebrity dad celebrated this achievement in as big a fashion as any of his many big box office movie premieres. Gibson gave his baby girl a six-figure luxury car, two years before she is old enough to drive. The 43-year-old, whose blockbuster film…
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates just awarded a $300,000 settlement to local artist Young Moose after the rapper sued convicted police officer Daniel Hersl, a member of the defunct Gun Trace Task Force depicted in the HBO series “We Own This City.” The David Simon-created show told the true story of the rise and fall of…
The Kentucky Democratic U.S. Senate candidate explained his intention behind the video in a statement to theGrio. In his newly released campaign video, Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker is wearing a noose in response to his Senate opponent, GOP Sen. Rand Paul, for opposing a federal hate crime bill. Paul, who is seeking re-election…
Attendees wait in the Ford Wyoming Center before former President Donald Trump speaks on May 28, 2022, in Casper, Wyoming. | Source: Chet Strange / Getty As we previously reported, Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 Black people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, expressed his belief in the “Great…
Miami boss Rick Ross has a lot to say about people who beg for handouts. DJ Akademiks captured a video from the 46-year-old’s Instagram story on Wednesday, June 1, where he explained that “begging” in life will get you nowhere. “I already know how it go. That’s why I go hard,” Ross began in the…
The acclaimed actress opened up about her sexual orientation in in Variety interview In a recent interview at the start of Pride month, Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis revealed that she identifies as bisexual, stating, “I am Queer. This is who I am.” Aunjanue Ellis speaks during the 24th Costume Designers Guild Awards on March…
